Sep 24, 2021
The Week Ahead: Cannabis and computer chips; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
By Noah Zivitz
Monday, September 27
-Notable data: Canadian monthly estimates of business openings and closures; U.S. durable goods orders
-Notable earnings: Aurora Cannabis
-U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard addresses National Association of Business Economics annual meeting (1215)
-SNC representatives and former VPs Normand Morin and Kamal Francis due in Montreal court on criminal charges
Tuesday, September 28
-Notable data: U.S. Conference Board consumer confidence index
-Notable earnings: Micron
-SNC-Lavalin hosts investor day (830)
-TransAlta hosts investor day (1000)
-Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announces 2021 climate strategy (1000; technical briefing at 9)
-U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell address U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on CARES Act Oversight (1000)
-U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addresses National Association of Business Economics annual meeting (1435)
Wednesday, September 29
-Notable data: Industrial product and raw materials price indices
-Notable earnings: AGF Management
Thursday, September 30 -- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
-Notable data: U.S. initial jobless claims and GDP (Q2 - third reading)
-Notable earnings: Bed Bath & Beyond
-U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing "Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response"
-U.S. debt ceiling watch: fiscal year ends on this day
Friday, October 1
-Notable data: Canadian GDP (July); U.S. personal income and spending, ISM U.S. manufacturing index
-Saskatchewan vaccine passport takes effect